It’s like the poker boom all over again. “High Stakes Poker” has returned. The once immensely popular poker television show has been resurrected by Poker Central and had its first new episode on the PokerGO streaming service Wednesday night. Fans of the show will also be thrilled to know that both Gabe Kaplan and AJ Benza are back as commentators. Same as it ever was.

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“High Stakes Poker” debuted in 2006, at the peak of the poker boom. Its appeal was two-fold: a) it was as cash game, which was a fun change of pace from the usual tournaments that we saw on television, and b) the players usually knew each other, so the table talk was very entertaining.

It didn’t hurt that they were playing for ungodly amounts of money, either.

But when Black Friday hit in April 2011 and the online poker sponsorship money dried up in the United States, most poker programming also disappeared. The show’s creator, Mori Eskandani, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he wanted to revive “High Stakes Poker” earlier this year, but the COVID-19 pandemic got in the way.

Speaking of which, viewers will notice that players are not wearing masks, as is required in poker rooms around the country. The show’s producers felt that because table talk is so important, masks would get in the way. Players are required to isolate in hotel rooms (we do not know for how long) and be tested for coronavirus before being allowed to play.

Familiar faces like Tom Dwan, Bryn Kenney, and Jean-Robert Bellande appeared on Episode 1 Wednesday night, but there were plenty of new players to “High Stakes Poker,” as well. The one that Poker Central seemed to key on was former Major League Baseball pitcher (and like me, a University of Virginia alum), Michael Schwimer.

Schwimer told Poker Central that he could not have been more excited to be on show, saying, “I grew up watching High Stakes Poker, Poker After Dark, all those shows, and this was really cool to be able to sit down and play with some of the greatest players in the world.”

He had an interesting approach to his appearance, as well, saying that even though he was facing great players (who, let’s be honest, likely outclassed him on the felt), he was way less nervous at that poker table than he was on the pitcher’s mound. It is all about one just being fun and the other being his job.

“If I go sit down there and lose everything, it’s no problem at all for me. But the Major Leagues at the time, that’s my livelihood. That’s a lot more pressure.”

He also said that it is not about the money, but rather the game itself. He loves that it is a game of skill and wants to prove that he has what it takes. Schwimer said that in “High Stakes Poker,” he is content if he plays well, but still loses money because of bad luck. In baseball, though, he was plenty happy to have an off day, but get lucky when every hard-hit ball seemingly ended up in his teammates’ gloves.

The Season 8 premiere of High Stakes Poker is on PokerGO tonight at 8 p.m. ET with Episode 1 featuring six new players to High Stakes Poker. One of those players will also be making his TV poker debut as former MLB pitcher Michael Schwimer sets to tangle with the likes of Tom Dwan, Bryn Kenney, and Jean-Robert Bellande.

The six players that surround Schwimer in Episode 1 have accumulated winnings of over $93.4 million that includes three WSOP bracelets and a plethora of other tournament wins around the world. The bright lights and daunting set of High Stakes Poker are foreign to Schwimer, but the high-pressure moments that he will face is something he has experienced in the past as a former professional baseball pitcher.

Schwimer was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008 out of the University of Virginia and spent several successful years in the minor leagues before eventually getting called up to the majors in August 2011. After several appearances for the Phillies, Schwimer was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, and when his baseball career ended, Schwimer founded Big League Advance.

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“Oh man, it’s so exciting, a bucket list type of thing for me,” Schwimer said about making his High Stakes Poker debut. “I grew up watching High Stakes Poker, Poker After Dark, all those shows, and this was really cool to be able to sit down and play with some of the greatest players in the world.”

There are some similarities between making your debut on High Stakes Poker, and throwing out your first pitch in the major leagues. The nerves, the excitement, and the pressure – both to win and to perform. But did Schwimer feel it more pitching for the Phillies or taking a seat among the likes of Dwan, Kenney, and Bellande on High Stakes Poker?

“Way less pressure! The Major Leagues, that’s my job. This is just fun,” Schwimer said. “If I go sit down there and lose everything, it’s no problem at all for me. But the Major Leagues at the time, that’s my livelihood. That’s a lot more pressure.”

“It’s nice being able to play poker knowing that you’re playing with skill. It’s not necessarily about the money, it’s more about playing well. It’s more of a skill game to me,” Schwimer said about the relationship between poker and baseball. “Put it this way, in baseball, I would rather get very, very lucky, and pitch poorly. But in poker, I would rather play better and lose, then bad beat somebody.”

Schwimer’s debut on High Stakes Poker was a short one due to a prearranged business meeting, but he does return later in the season among a new line-up of players. Fortunately for Schwimer, his debut on High Stakes Poker was a perfect one as he managed to book a win, show a few bluffs, and make the highlight reel including this hand against Dwan.

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“It was great, it was just a great session,” Schwimer said about his debut on High Stakes Poker. “I got lucky with some hands, getting ten-nine and hitting two pair on the flop against [Tom] Dwan was a really big kickstarter for me. Really put me into a good spot, and then throwing out a couple of bluffs there to let them know that I’m here to not just sit.”

“A lot of new players come in on their debuts and they’re playing aces and kings, and they’re playing super tight, and I think the pros can just pick you apart when you do that. I like to try and play a more aggressive, more chaotic random style. For me, I’m sitting down at the table knowing that I’m the worse player at the table. And knowing that and being realistic about how your game is can help you. So I’m trying to put myself in high variance situations, I’m trying to put myself in situations where I don’t have to go one-on-one and try to outplay somebody. High variance is better for lucky players, worse skilled players, and being honest with yourself and knowing where your skillset is, can really help you.”

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Schwimer’s opponents on Episode 1 of High Stakes Poker have been staples on televised poker for the past few years which definitely gives Schwimer an advantage as they don’t know how he plays entering the session.

“They’ve never seen my game. They’ve played with each other a ton of times, but they’ve never seen me play,” Schwimer said. “So I think the more I play, the worse I’ll do. I’m not sitting here trying to make my debut and become the world’s best poker player because I know I’m not that. But to come in without them knowing my style, but meanwhile, I’ve seen them and seen how they play. I’ve been watching them play for years and years and years. So I know what I’m walking into, but they have no idea what they’re walking into and I think that is a big advantage for me.”

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Schwimer will be back later in Season 8 of High Stakes Poker, and he also spoke with PokerGO a second time and discussed poker in the trenches as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and what home games looked like while on the road with the team. Schwimer may be the lone amateur on Episode 1 of High Stakes Poker, but he definitely doesn’t sit back and let the pros run him over.

“Look, I’m not a bad player, but I’m not as good as anybody that I was sitting down with,” Schwimer said. “I was able to catch some hands and make some really good reads I think as well.”

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